The Promise of the Green New Deal
For all its current weaknesses, the GND is an effort to “solve for pattern” as Wendell Berry recommends.
Being Present on the Porch
I was not on board the FPR train early enough to be considered one of its engineers. I met Mark Mitchell at a conference...
Why Heidegger Stayed in the Provinces—and Why it is Not Time...
In 1934, the philosopher Martin Heidegger, tired of his ill-inclined maneuvering to become the celebrity intellectual who would steer the Nazi Party into greatness,...
American Conservatism, and the Socialist Specter Which Haunts It Still
Back in February, Rod Dreher shared with his readers an idea for a new book: to introduce conservative Christians in America to "the warnings...
Wanderlust Keeps us From Leading Meaningful Lives: Ralph Waldo Emerson and...
The soul is no traveller; the wise man stays at home, and when his necessities, his duties, on any occasion call him from his...
Found: The Perfect FPR Presidential Candidate!
Over the last several years, our little band over at Solidarity Hall—myself, Susannah Black, Mark Gordon, Matt Cooper, Grace Potts, and a few more—have entertained...
The Deep Spring: A Few Words in Favor of Robert F....
This is the spirituality of a man post-tragedy, post-heroin, post-forty-days-in-the-wilderness. Not the self-pleased, spick-and-span, airbrushed piety we’ve come to expect from presidential candidates these days but practical spirituality.
What Urban Liberals Might Learn From Rural Rebels
Loka Ashwood, a rural sociologist at Auburn University, visited The Land Institute in Salina, KS, last September, and gave a presentation on her then...
Confucius–A Man for All Seasons
Confucius deserves a place of honor on the Front Porch because he was History’s keenest observer of the traditions and rituals that make life...
The Leased of These
Earlier this year, headlines indicated that an unprecedented number of Americans are more than 90 days behind on their car loan payments. Nearly all economists...